Mar 31 2009
Lies and Betrayal
If you are to betray me, stab me in the chest, not my back.
I saw an ad in a magazine today and I knew that I had to do a layout like that. This is a saying that I’ve always lived by. I’ve seen and experienced a lot of lies and betrayal in my life. Though not to the extent of a Shakespeare tragedy, I have had my share. I’m not referring to strangers or possibly enemies. I am talking about friends, people who claim to care for you, or maybe even lovers. The worse thing in the world is to lie about friendship or love. In my experience, if you are going to attack me, lie to me, deceive me, hide the truth from me, you should at least have the decency to do it to me when you are looking into my eyes. If you are truly my friend and you really do care about me, you owe me that much.
This is the reason why I have a very small circle of friends now. My bar for trusting someone has been raised higher and higher as I gain more and more scars. This is also why, I closed myself off to love. My last love was the person I thought would be the least likely to betray me and she definitely stabbed me in the back. I can say with a hundred percent certainty that I rather she did it in person, face to face. Instead, she stabbed me in the back and walked away which emotionally is a million times worse.
So to all those out there that may be hurting someone you love or care about, do the decent thing and be upfront about what you did or what you are doing. If you claim to care for that person, do the right thing. Stand in front of that person, look them straight in the eye and push that blade into their chest. I guarantee that they will recover from that wound much quicker than the alternative.